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Phenomenology (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(as a science of things) intrinsically different from all the other sciences who designate their objects of study according to their subject-matter.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a dangerous method in that it allows us entirely to dispense with learning history. Simply piling up examples will yield no 'essence' . To produce a general phe nomenological theory of, say, the novel, it is enough to have read one novel, to build a universal theory of religion we do not need to know more than one religion.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a descriptive science concerned with a kind of logic and sense, whereas psychology is an explanatory science concerned with material / causal explanation.

Phenomenology (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not produce facts about consciousness, rather, it produces facts about the essential natures of phenomena and their modes of givenness.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a methodological conception, not of the 'what' an object is, but of the 'how' of the research i.e., how do we form an understanding which constitutes the 'what of an object'.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a methodology whereby instead of describing, say, a box we are looking at, it instead describes the bizarre activity of 'looking' involved in looking at a box.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a pure logic whose validity does not depend on empirical facts, on the existence of the human species, the world, causal connections, or time.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a science concerned with an external objective reality, a reality of objects that exist independently of my subjective experience... objects which are, as it were, 'transcendent' in that at any given moment they display an inexhaustive number of unperceived (and largely even unexpected) features, only some of which will become manifest.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with seeking to understand the world through the reverse conception of tradition, suggesting that nothing is real and effective other than thinking, feeling, and willing.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with the inexhaustibility of objects (how objects display a truly infinite number of unperceived features and relations, only a small number of which will become manifest in the further course of observation).

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠concerned with the ways, or modes, in which the world is attended to by a subject: Which is to say, it deals with perceiving, remembering, expecting, imagining, willing, or judging. As such it concerns perception, memory, expectation, imagination, habituation, self-awareness, and self-identity.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠descriptive rather than explanatory and one of its central tasks is to provide a clear, undistorted description of the ways things appear.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing but the express attempt to explicate the definitive event in te history of man whereby man emerges as reality is 'de-realized'.

Phenomenology's (n.) primary ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠subject matter is the world as given and the givenness of the world.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the act of describing not 'what' you are seeing, but instead describing the seeing.

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the study of things as they appear (phenomena).

Phenomenology (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠wholly implied in a reflection on language.